Although the year draws to a close and embraces the holiday spirit, the global energy transition shows no signs of slowing down. In the week behind us, we witnessed that governments spare no expense to support clean energy projects and step up the energy transition game. Premium content Checking for account. You need javascript to …
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A Transocean-owned drillship has experienced two operational incidents while working in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for Shell. Premium content Checking for account. You need javascript to validate your login status. Premium Premium content Subscribe to continue Become a PREMIUM Subscriber Do not want to miss out on any information about Offshore Energy? Subscribe to …
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Oil and gas company Siccar Point Energy has decided to suspend its development of the controversial Cambo oilfield located off the Shetland Islands following a recent exit by its partner Shell. A spokesperson for Siccar Point has confirmed to Offshore Energy that the company is pausing the Cambo oilfield development. The project contains over 800 …
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Yara Birkeland, the world’s first autonomous and fully electric containership, will soon commence commercial operations while beginning a two-year test period, prior to entering full autonomous operation on a route off the coast of Norway. Image Courtesy: PRNewsfoto/Leclanché The ship is fully powered by a Leclanché high-energy lithium-ion battery system. The emission-free energy supply is …
Yara Birkeland, world’s 1st fully-electric boxship, prepares for commercial ops Read More »
The Welsh Government has given its consent for the development of the Morlais tidal stream energy project set to be located offshore Holy Island. This is the first part of the consenting process, which means construction can now begin onshore in preparation for offshore activities. Morlais, led by Menter Môn, will be located off the …
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Users of the GTReplicate data replication solution for ships can now make use of SharePoint functionality, after GTMaritime rolled out further product enhancements to improve ship-to-shore communications and fleet wide data management. This is the first step in providing full cloud storage integration, providing customers with connections where they need them. The new feature allows …
GTMaritime launches Cloud Bridge, cloud storage integration for GTReplicate Read More »
Filhet-Allard Maritime, the France-based leading insurance broker for the commodities trading, shipping and industry markets, has acquired a controlling stake in Latitude Brokers, a specialist Marine broker based in Asia with headquarters in Hong Kong. The acquisition has received regulatory approval from authorities in both Hong Kong and Singapore. This deal is the latest step …
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The International Marine Contractors Association has published on its web site a new Information Note that should be of interest to the offshore oil and gas and renewable energy industries based on a new development related to enforcement of the Jones Act and Vessel Crewing. Specifically, stakeholders should be aware of the evolving methods used …
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Volvo Penta and Danfoss’ Editron division have signed a partnership agreement that will drive the transformation towards sustainable power solutions within the marine industry. The two companies share a visionary mindset to take the marine sector to the next level through this electrification partnership. Volvo Penta and Danfoss’ Editron division have established a partnership agreement …
Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen’s Seatankers Group has acquired an interest in Seadrill’s rival offshore drilling contractor Valaris. Namely, Famatown Finance, a company indirectly controlled by trusts settled by John Fredriksen and a member of the Seatankers Group, has accumulated through open market transactions approximately 5 per cent of the common shares of Valaris. Famatown pointed …
